Area bank lends a helping hand to SafePlace

ByBradley MassmanAssistant News Editor

Published 7:56 am, Tuesday, October 10, 2017

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Members of the Bad Axe Chemical Bank branch spent a good portion of Monday cleaning, painting and doing everything in between at the Huron County SafePlace as part of the bank's annual Care Day. (Bradley Massman/Huron Daily Tribune) less

Members of the Bad Axe Chemical Bank branch spent a good portion of Monday cleaning, painting and doing everything in between at the Huron County SafePlace as part of the bank's annual Care Day. (Bradley ... more

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HURON COUNTY -- The safest place in the county is also now one of the cleanest after area bankers spent their Columbus Day holiday giving a helping hand to the local shelter.

The Huron County SafePlace is a shelter for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault from all areas of the Thumb.

On Monday, as part of Chemical Bank's annual Care Day, members of the Bad Axe branch spent the day doing yard work, cleaning the shelter from top to bottom, washing walls and even adding a fresh coat of paint -- donated by Moritmer Lumber -- to the shelter's shed.

"It's an important cause to me and I'm a big supporter of SafePlace here in Huron County," said Pam Will, relationship banker for Chemical Bank. "I believe it's important to support this cause and we're doing that here today (Monday)."

Will was accompanied by nine of her fellow colleagues during Monday's Care Day. Her husband, John, even spent a good portion of his weekend power washing and cleaning the gutters of the shelter.

"It's really inspiring for SafePlace and what they can do for our community to help us out," said MJ Caradonna, shelter operations manager. "It helps a lot because we're running completely on donations."

"It's really a good feeling to know there's people out there doing great things like this," she added.

After a long day of labor, Chemical Bank workers also donated cleaning supplies to the shelter for future use.

In related news, SafePlace will host a candlelight vigil at 6 p.m. tonight in front of the Huron County Courthouse building in honor of domestic violence awareness month.